in the room the process of developing a guidebook, putting on events, and watching the network so people can do these multi-day trips from eight, him and to be, to see. a lot of exciting things happening and with that alter back to david. >> thanks, ben. from the port standpoint on except certified for designation of qualifying port facilities and as we do that will keep the commission updated on the progress of that. we'll continue to work with the water trail agency partners on future planning improvements and continue maintenance of our existing facilities. it will continue to serve on the water chill advisory committee and accessibility advisory with that and i are available for any questions. thank you. >> thank you. if the public comment? please come forward. i am penny wells. i am one of the early instigators of the water trail. i've been working on it now for the close to 15 years. but, i can really add an awful lot to what david and ben have already said. except to say the port of san francisco has been fabulously supportive of the water trail and of non-motorized boating as a r

she came up with the idea of the guidebook. it was successful to raise funds for this redecoration. she solicited all over the nation for people to donate historical furniture and artistic items. then she worked to make sure there was a law that cap. that those items became a permanent part of the white house collection. she succeeded in getting a new position created, the white house curator. she was a proponent of the arts. she use the white house to showcase the arts. she posted performances -- she hosted performances of ballet and modern jazz performed by american performers. she was very instrumental in the creation of what was the national cultural center, the kennedy center for the performing arts. the whole country watched and mourned after the assassination. she impressed the nation with the way she held up after that assassination. president johnson said i shall never forget her bravery, her nobility, and her dignity. lady bird johnson, born claudia born in karnak, texas. her film father was a wealthy landowner. she had a high school education. she went to the university o

and that is kind of why we wanted to write a book to be a guidebook to cutting through this kind of languageopefully it avoids that mentality questions you intend your book to be a manual? >> how not to speak. how to avoid the trap. >> well, what to to listen for if you are in washington politics. on tv. lobbying members of congress. if it's a town hall meeting. hall meeting. another one that i am always wary of when you hear an elected official come to a town hall meeting or public forum they get asked a question about some subjects that are in favor of there it i introduced a bill about that which is technically accurate but does not really mean much a commercial parlance because anybody who is in congress can introduce a bill. it doesn't mean it's even going to get a committee hearing or go anywhere. it's like an attorney filing a lawsuit. all you have to do is be a lot to have a licensed attorney. the suit can get thrown out of court but you can say i filed suit over this. we're trying to give people a heads up and have been fortunate enough to speak to several interest groups going up t

not satellite imagery was doctored or not but bodies in the field following a peoples roofs to guidebooks children's books, luggage, just constantly just constantly bringing us back to the very real human cost. s he said one of his reports that this tragedy brought the conflict that everyone was trying to sweep to the side of there consciousness to the doorstep of the international community to realize they had to do something about it and pay attention because it did in a strange and bizarre way a year ago affect them as well. i'm going to introduce the award-winning documentary journalist who spent the last year, more than a year doing frontline reporting for vice out of give doing absolutely incredible work, indispensable work. >> thank you. i just wanted to tip my hat to all the people who did a lot of the investigations that made it possible for us to understand what is happened. initially we came out they're and were just reporting what we were seeing on the ground. it was terrific, but it took all of those investigations going to the corrective and journalists from the guardian and

satellite imagery was doctored or not but two bodies on the field are falling on people's roof to guidebooksand children's books luggage constantly bringing us back to the human cost but the fact is as he said in one of the reports in russian roulette this tragedy brought to the conflict with everybody was sleeping outside to the international community and the two realized they had to do something about this so they had to pay attention because it's in a very strange bizarre way a year ago affecting them as well so i want to introduce the

satellite imagery was doctored or not but two bodies on the field are falling on people's roof to guidebooks and children's books luggage constantly bringing us back to the human cost but the fact is as he said in one of the reports in russian roulette this tragedy brought to the conflict with everybody was sleeping outside to the international community and the two realized they had to do something about this so they had to pay attention because it's in a very strange bizarre way a year ago affecting them as well so i want to introduce the award-winning documentary journalist who spent the last year doing front-line reporting and incredible indispensable work. those that made it possible for us to understand what happened because initially we came out there and we were just reporting what we were seeing on the ground and it's her thick that but it took the investigation and corrective and all the other newspapers that put in a lot of work piecing it together for us to have an understanding and now i think we do have an understanding and i haven't done an investigation myself that i ruined t